@Orrbit let me hear your reasoning

We wave you as example Aquinas' arguments, bruh, but you said that "why isn't da universe the uncaused cause",to which we pointed out that "da universe" is just a collection of things

this ^

what is this? An Image for ants?

as for the flood situation, whatever happened has no weight on the existence of God

if you click it and then click open original you can zoom in

I can still hardly read it

Yeah sure

are you on mobile or pc?

The zoom in double nigerio

im on muh laptop

I am zoomed in all the wy

The image is bigger

at any rate, the existence of God is philosophically demonstrable

if the flood did happen, it's perfectly logical for God to have been able to do it, and if it didn't happen exactly literally as scripture recounts, that's also consistent with God

And those things are not that important, because the centerpiece of Christianity is the resurrection of Christ

Can you tell me what the philosophical argument is

well, the unmoved mover

so, the mere fact that there is something, as supposed to nothing needs an explanation

something either actually is, or potentially is

potential cannot make itself actual, i.e, things need causes

so if everything needs a cause, then somewhere along the line there needs to be a reality which can cause yet is uncaused, or else you end up with an infinite regress

Now from our experiences on Earth, the unmoved mover's premises and even its conclusion, seem to be true
P1) Everything that happens or exists must have a cause
P2) The universe began to exist
C) Therefore, the universe had a cause

In order to prevent infinite recession, one must assume there is a first cause, an unmoved mover. Now this argument alone can be used to justify the belief in an unmoved mover, HOWEVER it does not justify the believe that the unmoved mover is
1) sentient and omnipotent
2) Still in existence
3) Infallible

Those are infered, along things like univity and perfection

well to start at number 2

if the unmoved mover is purely actual, and not potential, it couldn't not exist since that would make it potential

as for omnipotence, if the unmoved mover is not omnipotent that would mean there are unrealised potentials. This cannot be since it is purely actual

as for sentient, to create ex nihilo/be the first cause requires an act of the will.

Not to mention that we can't create sentience from non-sentience

yes

or create full stop without sentience

technically only God can create, we can only make

I've got a test in 20 minutes but ill continue after

oh ok

good luck!

thanks

imma gonna sleep

im tired af

God bless